marked the launch of Medical School Institute for Excellence in Education and its Academy of Medical Educators. The mission of the institute is to train learn- ers across the continuum to care for patients and the health of the population. Great Teachers,'" says the institute's founding director, education. The phrase encapsulates the concept of the learning and teaching cycle that will equip current and future trainees with the tools to integrate the science of clinical medicine in daily practice, use best evidence in presenting treatment plans, communicate respectfully and effectively, collaborate with patients and families to devise treatment plans tailored to the needs and preferences of the patient, and develop strategies to reinforce adherence and self-care. Signature programs of the institute include the PharmD/MD program, a graduate certificate in medical education, Warrior Centric Healthcare, and culinary medicine. Endow- ment supports the insti- tute, which has a steering commit- leaders, headed by Institute for Excellence in Education the first cochlear implant ever done at the Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital been striving for ways to communicate. "Seeing that cochlear implants helped other children, he wanted pediatric otolaryngologist. 12 months, before the majori- develop- ment has taken place, though chil- dren up to 5 or 6 years old can ben- a multidisciplinary panel, in- cluding a physician, an audi- ologist, a speech/language pathologist, a geneticist, and a psychologist. To qualify, a patient must have bilateral, sensorineural hearing loss. An MRI or CT scan reveals the anatomy of the inner ear, while genetic testing looks for associ- ated mutations or syndromes. patient's cochlea, the inner- ear structure where sound waves are normally converted into electrical signals, which the auditory nerve transmits to the brain. The implanted device is connected to an ex- ternal receiver. In extensive follow-up training, the previ- ously unstimulated brain learns to interpret auditory in- put, while the patient adjusts to a new sensory experience and works with a specialist to develop speech. are more likely to occur natural disasters, says a study led by New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Rutgers School of Public Health. The study, which focused on Hurricane Sandy, was published on December 8 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. high-impact areas, there was a 22 percent increase in heart attacks as compared with the same time period in the previ- ty from heart attacks increas- ed by 31 percent in the high- impact area. In the low-impact areas, the increase in heart attacks was less than 1 percent. "We estimate that there were Sandy," says Mr. Swerdel. The incidence of stroke medical community, particu- larly emergency medical serv- ices, to prepare for the change in volume and severity of health incidents during extreme weather events," he says. Increase in Heart Attacks and Stroke Cochlear Implant at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital O E M R S O |